Dr. Jawad A. Khan, MD, MPH — Orthopedic Surgery Evaluator
Fellowship-trained hand and upper extremity surgeon. California Qualified Medical Evaluator in orthopedic surgery.
Dr. Jawad A. Khan is a hand and upper extremity surgeon with experience in orthopedic surgery, hand surgery, workers’ compensation and personal injury evaluations. He completed a Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, orthopedic surgery residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and a surgical preliminary year at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. From 2018 to 2026 he practiced as a hand and upper extremity surgeon at Orthowest/Coastline Orthopaedics in Fountain Valley, and he provides hand surgery consultations at Concentra sites including Irvine, Anaheim and Santa Ana. He has completed formal expert witness training.
Why attorneys choose Dr. Khan
Dr. Jawad A. Khan is a fellowship-trained hand and upper extremity surgeon whose practice centers on traumatic, occupational and degenerative conditions of the upper extremity. After his Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, he practiced from 2018 to 2026 as the hand and upper extremity surgeon in a multispecialty orthopedic group in Fountain Valley, providing surgical and non-surgical care. Since 2024 he has also provided occupational injury evaluations and hand surgery consultations for Concentra at sites including Irvine, Anaheim and Santa Ana.
He has completed formal expert witness training with an emphasis on objective, evidence-based medical opinions, detailed medical record review and professional reporting. His medical-legal work covers Qualified Medical Evaluations, independent medical examinations, workers’ compensation and personal injury evaluations, medical record review and medicolegal consulting. He is Board Certified with the American Board of Physician Specialties and is licensed in nine states, including California.
His areas of expertise include trauma and fracture care and peripheral nerve disorders, and he holds a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. His published work includes research on outcome scores for reverse shoulder arthroplasty in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.
Hand and upper extremity fellowship
Completed a Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine.
Workers’ compensation experience
Experience with workers’ compensation and personal injury evaluations, and hand surgery consultations at Concentra sites.
Expert witness training
Has completed formal expert witness training.
Orange County practice
Practiced as a hand and upper extremity surgeon in Fountain Valley from 2018 to 2026.
Medical-legal experience
- California Qualified Medical Evaluator — Orthopedic Surgery
- Expert witness work in workers’ compensation, personal injury and medical-legal evaluations
- Formal expert witness training
- QME, AME, IME and expert witness evaluations through Sound Medical Evaluators
- Occupational injury evaluations and hand surgery consultations for Concentra (2024–present)
- Medical record review and medicolegal consulting
Evaluations Dr. Khan performs
QME
Qualified Medical Evaluations for California workers’ compensation disputes.
AME
Agreed Medical Evaluations when both parties select one examiner.
IME
Independent Medical Evaluations for medical-legal case review.
Expert Witness
Expert witness services in workers’ compensation, personal injury and medical-legal matters involving the hand and upper extremity.
Credentials and training
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship — Baylor College of Medicine (2017–2018)
- Orthopedic Surgery Residency — Wayne State University School of Medicine
- Surgical Preliminary Year (PGY-1) — University of California, San Francisco (2011–2012)
- Doctor of Medicine — Wayne State University School of Medicine (2011)
- Master of Public Health — University of California, Berkeley
- B.S., Psychology — University of Michigan–Dearborn
- Licensed in California, Colorado, Washington, Florida (telehealth only), New York, Utah, Oregon, Idaho and Oklahoma
- Board Certified with the American Board of Physician Specialties
- Areas of expertise include trauma and fracture care and peripheral nerve disorders
- Publication: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (2015), outcome scores for reverse shoulder arthroplasty
Where Dr. Khan evaluates
Dr. Khan’s Approach
Each evaluation begins with a careful review of the complete record and a thorough examination of the hand and upper extremity. Dr. Khan explains his findings clearly and bases his opinions on the medical record, the examination and accepted medical literature, with the aim of being fair and impartial to every party, applicant and defense alike.